Outer garment



May 9, 1950 B. A. SMITH 2,507,322

OUTER GARMENT ZSheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 7, 1947 INVENTOR.

25 BETTY A. SMITH,

26 ATTORNEYS.

B. A. SMITH OUTER GARMENT May 9, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed NOV. 7, 1947 INVENTOR. SM/ 779,

EETTY A.

' ATTORNEYS.

Patented May 9, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in outer garments and more particularly to a jacket or coat for the upper portion of the body especially designed for use in cold weather and snow and including a pack-sack feature.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide an improved storm coat or-jacket having an outer covering of wind and weather resisting material and a lining of heat insulating material in which the lower portion of the lining provides a separate skirt which may be belted into a lower or trouser garment to exclude snow from the interior of the trouser garment and the coat or jacket, inner or storm sleeves engageable with suitable gloves or mittens to exclude snow from the sleeves of the garment, and a built-in pack-sack also having snow excluding features and so constructed as to conform, when empty and collapsed, to the appearance of a conventional sport coat or jacket and provide an additional weather-resisting cover or cape for the shoulders and back of the jacket, and a combined hood and collar portion permanently attached to said jacket, and which garment is simple and durable in construction, economical to manufacture, neat and attractive in appearance and easy to put on and take off.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of an improved outer garment for the upper portion of the body such garment having snow-excluding features at thewaist and sleeves and a built-in collapsible pack-sack in the back thereof.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a front elevation of an outer garment illustrative of the invention, shown in operative position on the body of a wearer;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the improved outer garment also shown in operative position on the body of a wearer;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the garment alone, shown partly open, to illustrate the internal construction thereof;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing a rear elevation of the garment;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal cross-section of a fragmentary back portion of the garment, taken substantially on line 5-5 of Figure 2; and

Figure 6 is an elevation of a fragmentary portion of the interior of the garment showing the manner of providing an inside pocket in the garment.

With continued reference to the drawings the improved garment comprises, in general, an outer covering H] which may be formed of one or more layers of material such as soft leather, fabric,

. or other pliable sheet material, an inner lining H formed of a suitable fabric or other material of heat-insulating characteristics, a hood l2 and a built-in pack-sack IS.

The outer covering I0 is a fabricated structure having a back panel l4, two front panels l5 and it, a yoke piece l1 and a pair of sleeves 18. The back and front panels are shaped to provide a garment waistline l9 and a drawstring type belt 26 is secured to the garment in surrounding relation thereto at or adjacent to the waistline. This belt preferably extends through suitable runways 2| provided in the front panels [5 and I6 and projects to the exterior of these front panels through respective slits provided in the front panels adjacent the edges thereof. The belt preferably extends entirely across the front and rear panels of the garment but is attached to the garment near the juncture between the front and rear panels so that it does not pull through the runways.

The front panels l5 and I6 are provided with suitable separable fasteners to hold the garment in closed condition which separable fasteners are illustrated as conventional buttons 22' and button-holes 23. Below the waistline l9 of the garment the back and front panels of the outer covering provide a skirt for the garment and conventional pockets 24 are provided in the lower or skirt portion of the front panels l5 and I6.

Each of the sleeves I8 is generally conventional but is provided in its outer end portion with a lingitudinal slit extending from the outer end of the sleeve inwardly thereof and provided with a slide fastener 25 for opening and closing the slit. Each sleeve also has a wrist strap 26 surrounding or secured to the outer end portion thereof by means of which the outer end of the sleeve can be bound about the wrist of the wearer.

The hood l2 has a collar portion 21 secured to the upper part of theyoke piece H and to the inner portion of the upper end of the two front panels l5 and N5, which collar portion is provided at each end with loose flaps or tabs 28 which may be overlapped and secured together by suitable means, such as buttons 29, to secure the collar snugly about the neck of the person wearing the garment, and has a divided headcovering portion 30 provided with a, slide fastener 3| which, when closed, holds the parts of the head-covering portion of the hood together in head-enclosing form, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. When the slide fastener 3| is open, the head-enclosing portion of the hood may be folded back and down to constitute an external collar for the coat, as particularly illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 and is releasably secured in such collar-forming condition by suitable separable fasteners 32.

The lining H may also be formed of one or more layers of suitable fabric or other flexible sheet material and comprises a body surrounding portion 33 open at the front and provided with a slide fastener 34 for opening and closing the lining. The lining also has sleeves 35' which extend through the sleeves E8 of the. outer covering and are provided at their outerends with flexible wristbands 33. secured in position in the outer covering but the outer end portions of the lining sleeves are entirely free of the outer portions of the outer covering sleeves. from the midlength or elbow position ofthe sleeves to the .outer ends thereof, and the lower skirt portion of the lining. is. freeofthe: lower or skirt portion oftheouter cover ingbel'ow. the waistline of the garment;

With this construction the skirt portion of the lining may be tuckedLinsid'e of the upper portion of a lower or trouser garment, the lower garment closed about thisliningskirt, and the skirt portionof. theouter covering extendeddownwardly over the-upper partof the lower garment and belted in by the beltill to providean arrangement which will positivelyexclude snow from the interiors of both the upper and lowergarments. The outer ends of the lining sleeves may be tucked into the inner ends of. corresponding gloves, the outer ends of the sleeves of theouter covering brought down over the. glovesan'd bound about the wrists of the wearer by the straps 25 to positively exclude snow from the sleeve of the garment. The slide fasteners 25in the outer covering sleeves permit the outer end portions of these sleeves to be opened to facilitate arranging thelining sleeves within the gloves and withdrawing them therefrom for removal of the arment.

The built-in paclosack 13 comprises an outer panel 3? of generally rectangular shape which overlies the back panel is of the outer covering of the garment between the yoke piece lland the garment waistline; a pair of'end walls 33 and a bottom wall "-Q. The end walls Siiextend respectively from the end edges of the outer panel 31 to the back panel is and are preferably integral with the outer panel and sides of the coat,

and the bottom wall ell-extends from the bottom edge of the outer panel to theback panel [4 and is secured thereto substantially along the waistline of the. garment. The end and bottom walls are longit idinally foldable to permit movement of the outer panel 3'5 toward and away from the back panel lief the garmentfs outer. covering and the upper corner portions of the outer panel 3'?! are permanently attached to the end portions of the yoke piece. ll by suitable. means such as the stitching it;

The yoke piece i! is shaped to provide adepending fold er which extends lengthwise of the bottom edge of. the. yoke piece across the upper portion of the back paneli and one portion 42 of a slide fastener is secured to the seam between the bottom edge ofuthe yoke. piece and the top edge of the bacl-z panel l6, theother por-' tion 43 of this slide-fastener being secured-to the upper edge-ofouter panel 31. The slide-fastener Thelining H is firmlycomprising the parts 42 and 43 thus provides a connection between the upper edge of outer panel 37 and the lower edge of the yoke piece and when closed this slide fastener is covered and concealed by the depending fold 4! which, at the same time, constitutes a water-shed for the upper end of the pack-sack l3.

Separable fastener elements 4 are secured one in each lower corner portion of the outer panel 31 and the corresponding elements is are secured to the back panel M of the garment in position to, hold the outer panel 3? in substantial contact with the back panel i l when the pack-sack is empty. When the outer panel 37 is thus held substantially in contact with the back panel l4 it constitutes-an additional covering or cape for the back of the garment and functions as an auxiliary water-shed for the garment. When the slide fastener comprising parts @2 and :33 is opened articles to be carried may be inserted to" the packesack. and the-side. andbottom walls 38 and 39 will then unfold and: expand to provide thenecessary space within the built-in packsack.

Preferably a slide fastener 45' is provided in one of the end walls 38 of the pack-sack so that access may. be had to the interior of the packsack without removing thecoat. This slide fastener terminates. short; of the: lower end of the corresponding. endiwall to prevent articles from falling. outof the; pack-sack when the slide fastener is open.

The lining H is. provided. withinside pockets, as indicated at iiinFlgu1-e 6; to provide dry receptacles for articles. such as. matches, cigarettes,papers, etc., which pockets are preferably provided at the inner upper portions of the twov front panels ifi and it of the garment.

The upper. portion of the pack-sack is supported from the yclzepiece ll of the garment by'the connections and the. lower end is supported from the belt by connectionsv as such as stitchingrdii between the ends. of. the. bottom wall'si of the pack-sack and the portion ofthe backpanel it through which: the belt passes and to which itis sewed. The. paclnsack is thus held closely to the back and supported principally from the shouldersof the garment while its lower end is prevented from swinging, flapping or gathering while being. carried by a person wearing the garment.

The invention may be.- embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof; The present embodiment is therefore, to be.- considered in all respects as.. illustrative. and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended" claims rather. than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning: and range of equivalency of the claimsare, therefore, intended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed is:

1. An outer bodygarment comprising an outer covering havingan open front, a collar and a pair of sleeves each having a slide fastener in the outer-end portions thereof, a lining having sleeves extending through the sleeves of said outer covering: and securedtheretc from the shoulder ends to substantially themid-lengthportions thereof out being entirely free of i said outer sleeves from said mid-length portions to their outer endsand'having resilient wristbands on the outer ends thereof; and-respectivewrist-encircling straps on the outer end portions'oi saidouter covering sleeves, the outer ends of said inner sleeves being insertible into the open ends of gloves and the outer ends of said outer covering sleeves being disposable over said gloves and adapted to be bound by said wrist-encircling straps to provide a snow-excluding association between said garment sleeves and a pair of gloves worn by the wearer or" the garment.

2. An outer body garment comprising an outer covering having a pair of sleeves, an open front, 2'

a collar portion and a skirt portion; a lining secured within said outer covering and also having sleeves, a collar portion, a skirt portion and an open front, the skirt portion of said lining being secured to said outer covering adjacent the waistline of the latter but entirely free of said outer covering skirt portion from the waistline of said garment to the lower end thereof; a slide fastener secured to said lining to close the open front thereof; and a belt secured to said outer covering at the waistline of said garment to bind said outer covering about the waist of the wearer, whereby the skirt portion of said lining may be disposed within a lower garment, the skirt portion of said outer covering disposed over the upper portion of said lower garment and belted in at the top of the lower garment to efiectively exclude snow from the interior of said garments.

3. A storm jacket comprising an outer covering of wind-and-weather resisting material, and

an inner lining of heat-insulating material, said outer covering including a back portion, a divided front portion, a yoke portion connected to the upper ends of said back and front portions, a collar on said yoke portion, a skirt portion at the lower secured to each sleeve for closing the slit therein, and fastening means carried by said divided front portion to secure the two parts thereof together, and said inner lining including a back portion, a divided front portion, a skirt portion at the lower ends of said front and back portions, and a pair of sleeves extending through the sleeves of said outer covering and having resilient wristbands at their outer ends, fastening means on the two parts of the front portion of said inner lining for securing said two parts together, means permanently connecting the sleeves of said inner lining to the sleeves of said outer covering at locations intermediate the length of said sleeves, and means permanently securing said inner lining to said outer covering along the waistline of said jacket, the portions of the sleeves of said outer covering and said inner lining outwardly of said sleeve-connecting means and the skirt portions of said inner lining and said outer covering being free of each other.

BETTY A. SMITH.

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